A 46 year old man was arrested for a hate crime attack on a public Canada train line. The man threatened to kill and cause harm to muslims. A young muslim teen on the train was a victim of this man. She claimed the man got up screaming and swearing at her due to the fact she was wearing a hijab. The muslim teen was targeted by this man because of the hijab which led the man to hit her across her face. In a train full of people, only one person stepped up to help the teen and did not leave until the police and paramedics came. The teen's brother then arrived and stated how is was sad that in a... [+] Read more

A 16 year old teen from Saskatoon is being charged for the murder of a six-week old baby. The teen confessed in great detail to her crime in court. She explained how she strangled, hit, kicked in the head and, stabbed a nail into the baby’s face. She expressed to the police that she had let her anger out on the baby, that she was tired of life and got mad and took it out on the infant.
The day before the incident, the teen runaway from a 10-month open custody sentence for offences like assault with a weapon, robbery, break and enter and more. She stated that she was in the streets asking... [+] Read more

This article begins by Justin Trudeau bringing up the subject on sexual assault in the workplace. He believes canadians should change their mentality to express this issue. Trudeau expresses that once in Mcgill university he worked in a sexual assault center. He was shocked to see that this issue still remains and not much work had been done against it. Trudeau remembered a person once complaining that if a female comes out expressing the assault that a life was ruined. Trudeau responds with “what about the 99 young women who don't come forward and how their live are ruined?” With this... [+] Read more

There is a typical saying that states “Money doesn’t make you happy.”, but is it true? In my class of sustainable happiness, the subject was approached. The final conclusion was that it did matter but only up to a certain point. I personally agree with the final answer. This conclusion was made using different studies but I will try to answer this question from my own critical point of view. My arguments are based on a world where humans need to have a good physical health to be happy. Someone who does not respect the minimal norms of what a living human needs to survive will not be... [+] Read more

Psychiatric facilities in British Columbia need to rebuild their mental health systems for being unethical with patients. Mental health facilities allowed staff to constrain patients with no explanations, they denied patients the right to have a lawyer and, took away clothing from patients as a way of discipline. The “Operating in Darkness” report states the provincial Mental Health Act allows patients in confinement to be restrained to their beds, giving unwanted drug treatments and, losing their right to cloths.
A non-profit group launched a charter of rights for patients in mental... [+] Read more

Alison Campbell
As a volunteer, I worked with Engage animals. They are an organization that aims to teach the youth about animal rights. We, as a group, met with them for a couple hours discussing the ways they could improve the way they reach youth and how they could share their message more effectively. We also put up some fliers around the south shore because that is an area they have a really hard time reaching most of the people. Lastly, we were supposed to attend their workshop on Saturday, Dec 9th but unfortunately, I will not be able to attend because of work. It is something I... [+] Read more

As a volunteer, I worked with Engage animals. They are an organization that aims to teach the youth about animal rights. We, as a group, met with them for a couple hours discussing the ways they could improve the way they reach youth and how they could share their message more effectively. We also put up some fliers around the south shore because that is an area they have a really hard time reaching most of the people. Lastly, we were supposed to attend their workshop on Saturday, Dec 9th but unfortunately, I will not be able to attend because of work. It is something I definitely would have... [+] Read more

In the Canadian coastal regions, many reports have been made about the burden of climate change. From storms, rising sea levels and, the melting icebergs causes liability to the coasts around Canada. Not only the flooding of coastal cities will occur but, it's stated that Nova Scotia is in the path of becoming completely covered by arctic waters. Canada and other cities around the world are going to see tragic events due to climate change and the rising waters. Climate change will cause loss to many in coastal areas and also billions of dollars in damage.
The 23rd Conference of Parties to... [+] Read more

The article begins by expressing the way Canada has been working hard to legalize recreational marijuana. Its stated that the marijuana industry is worth up to 23 billion dollars. It's not just the plants itself that gain this money but, also the growth, transportation, sales edibles, taxes and, more. Canada could begin new opportunities for Canadians by not only creating billions in sales but also thousands of jobs. Canada is also planning to eliminate the black market by motivating anyone in the black market to work legally for Canada. Its stated that people in the black market of... [+] Read more

Throughout the semester, most of my research as been directed towards education. This research paper with be analyzing other country’s system and our system and compare them to see what works better and what doesn’t, the goal being to find a way to make school a place where people want to be rather than being a somewhat forced thing. Instead of delving deep into statistics of one way to do it, I will go through a more general idea and talk about 3 issues and ways of fixing them.

I did volunteering with the organization A Horse Tale Rescue that help mistreated and abandoned horses. First, I went to the open house on a Saturday and they show me the barn and present me the horses and their story. After that, I went to help them whenever I’m free for the feeding job. It is either the morning, during the lunch or at the diner that they need people. I fed the horse, gave them their special nutrient, groom them and clean the outside paddock and the inside of the barn. I gradually learn to know the horses and to love them and I will continue to volunteer with this... [+] Read more

This paper demonstrates how feminism is not what a majority of people think. It gives the real and unique definition of the feminist movement and its history. Feminism did not appear out of nowhere and has a unique goal; equality. In this research paper, there are real statistics and proof on how woman are perceived less than man. There are sections about the influence that society has on the youth, the arranged marriage, the economic wage difference between a man and a woman for the same job, the rape culture and the need of men in the movement. It also brings a fresh idea on how important... [+] Read more

This paper demonstrates how it is possible for social entrepreneurship to play a key role in rural development. It draws links between social entrepreneurs, their work, their role in sustainable development, and how it relates to rural development. My findings suggest that social entrepreneurship can be achieved if we consider catering to the basic needs of individuals in the society first. In addition, we must find a development model that works today and does not impede, but rather create, better opportunities for tomorrow. That is especially true in rural areas in Quebec, where the aging... [+] Read more

The goal of this assignment and research is to provide a general understanding of police brutality in America. The utmost objective of this is to give an intricate view into how the police, over the course of the years managed to acquire such force and authority, how African-Americans have not had their voices heard and are sometimes less likely to speak out due to possible repercussion by the side of police and finally to observe the solutions to a problem currently affecting millions in the United-States. This research is based on date and news articles from various sources, including the B... [+] Read more

Throughout the semester, I have been working on recapping news articles that have been talking about natural disasters that have been happening in North America. More specifically, I have been talking about flooding’s in Canada. This research paper will attempt to figure out what can cause these major flooding’s because, in Canada, flooding’s are the number 1 natural disaster and it is needed for us to know what can cause this so we can attempt to find solutions to prevent these from happening. The structure of the paper itself will first introduce the topic itself, then it will go and detail... [+] Read more

the goal of my article was to find out the leading causes of the stock market crash, the current state of the economy and how it can be prevented aagain. I began by talking about the deregulation of the market starting in 1980 which facilitated the practices that caused the crash. Then I explained the extreme market competition at the time and the different financial instruments used to increase profit by increasing the risk banks took. I came to a conclusion that increased leverage and greed ultimately caused the 2008 stock market crash and that sadly nothing has changed since then and... [+] Read more

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One thing that I now know about climate change that I did not know before visiting the Shoreline Project website is that climate change doesn’t just affect the land and the temperature as it also critically affects sea life. As you might have guessed, I previously had very limited knowledge on climate change. However, the Shoreline Project was able to open my eyes to the bigger picture. For example, I’ve learned that climate change was affecting the pH of the ocean, leading to the demise of certain shellfish. Ocean acidification is caused by the burning of fossil fuels that increase the... [+] Read more

On August 19, 2017, Sarah Maisey wrote about the impacts of fashion on the environment for the National. Notably, the industry, valued at US $2.4 trillion a year, is disastrous both environmentally and in terms of workers’ health and safety. For example, cotton, one of the foremost materials used in the... [+] Read more

You wanted a new bike, a candy bar from the convenience store and a new toy from Toys ‘R’ Us but your mother probably told you that money doesn’t grow on trees and she was right. As a child money is this abstract concept. You hear adults talking about it and you know it’s a thing but you don’t really understand it. You understand that if you leave a store with something your mom gets angry at you and schools you about money but it’s still not too clear. As you get older, the value and importance of money because more apparent. What you can and can’t do with money either greatly helps you or... [+] Read more

Blog Post #2 Question #2
I will be focusing on Ryhmes for Young Ghouls for this question of authorship and articulation. This is more important of an issue than it may seem like. Its important because we’re talking about oppressed and exploited peoples who absolutely need to speak out. So, if we try to put a muzzle on it in anyway, it would be continuing to oppress them. The movie is about indigenous people and what their lifestyles are like post colonization. There are very heartfelt scenes and it gets disturbing at points too. But that is the reality that the indigenous... [+] Read more